Gutenberg Was He The Inventor Of Printing
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Author | : Fran Rees |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780756509897 |
Johannes Gutenberg, a man of the Renaissance, developed a printing press and transformed the world of books.
Author | : Stephen Feinstein |
Publisher | : Enslow Publishers, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781598450774 |
Describes the life and career of Johannes Gutenberg, including the history of written text before his invention of the movable type press, and the advancements in printing made after his death.
Author | : Diana Childress |
Publisher | : Twenty-First Century Books |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0761340246 |
Can one invention really change the world? Before the mid-fifteenth century, books were printed by hand, making them rare and expensive. Reading and learning remained a privilege of the wealthy—until Johannes Gutenberg developed a machine called the printing press. Gutenberg, a German metalworker, began in the 1440s by making movable type—small metal letters that were arranged to form words and sentences, replacing handwritten letters. Movable type fit into frames on the printing press, and the press then produced many copies of the same page. As movable type and the printing press made book production much faster and less expensive, reading material of all kinds became available to a far wider audience. In Gutenberg’s time, Europe was already on the brink of a new age—an explosion of world exploration, scientific discoveries, and political and religious changes. Gutenberg’s printing press helped propel Europe into the modern era, and his legacy remains in the thousands of books and newspapers printed each year to keep us informed, entertained, and connected. Indeed, Gutenberg’s development of the printing press became one of history’s pivotal moments.
Author | : Sigfrid Henry Steinberg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
This classic work, first published as a Pelican Original in 1955 and maintained in successive editions until 1980 is now available in a finely illustrated larger format book, drawing on the collections and curatorial expertise of The British Library. It has been completely revised and brought up to date, covering topics such as censorship, best-sellers, the invention of lithography and the connection between printing and education. It is of particular use to anyone studying the huge technological changes that the printing industry has experienced during its long timespan.
Author | : Frank Puterbaugh Bachman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Inventions |
ISBN | : |
Nine remarkable men produced inventions that changed the world. The printing press, the telephone, powered flight, recording and others have made the modern world what it is. But who were the men who had these ideas and made reality of them? As David Angus shows, they were very different quiet, boisterous, confident, withdrawn but all had a moment of vision allied to single-minded determination to battle through numerous prototypes and produced something that really worked. It is a fascinating account for younger listeners.
Author | : Jan Hendrik Hessels |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1882 |
Genre | : Printing |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Robert Hoe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1902 |
Genre | : Printing |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Avery Elizabeth Hurt |
Publisher | : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 2018-12-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1502641151 |
Upon its invention in the mid-1400s, the printing press instantly became a revolutionary device. It introduced literacy to the masses and led Europe out of the Middle Ages. This book explores the press' exciting history, the social and political conditions in place at the time Johannes Gutenberg invented it, and the changes the invention wrought afterward. It traces the evolution of moveable type and information dissemination up to modern electronic communications technology, examining the positive and negative effects of these developments, both in the past and on democracy and humankind today. This book will give readers a new appreciation for the written word, whether it is printed on paper or displayed on a screen.
Author | : Victor Scholderer |
Publisher | : London : British Museum |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468 |
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Author | : John Man |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2010-10-31 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1409045528 |
In 1450, all Europe's books were handcopied and amounted to only a few thousand. By 1500 they were printed, and numbered in their millions. The invention of one man - Johann Gutenberg - had caused a revolution. Printing by movable type was a discovery waiting to happen. Born in 1400 in Mainz, Germany, Gutenberg struggled against a background of plague and religious upheaval to bring his remarkable invention to light. His story is full of paradox: his ambition was to reunite all Christendom, but his invention shattered it; he aimed to make a fortune, but was cruelly denied the fruits of his life's work. Yet history remembers him as a visionary; his discovery marks the beginning of the modern world.